awakener
- a word derived from awaken.
Example Sentences
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Wonder, the most fertile awakener of intelligence, and vision are closely akin to imagination, and both are greatly needed in this work-a-day world.
From The Cat in Grandfather's House by Grabo, Carl Henry
The awakener is science—empirical science turning its brave eyes upon man, its maker, to reveal the origin and destroy the excessive pretensions of his thoughts.
From Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets by Eastman, Max
It was the sort of face that makes the end of a dream a discomfort to the awakener.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
It showed that there was a great amount of intelligence lying dormant in the populace, which only needed the coming of the awakener to be aroused to permanent activity.
From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile
Widely and eagerly read, these piquant publications made Luther the awakener, the developer, and as Harnack declares, the spiritual center of the reformatory thought that was now rising to a crisis.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin
